APF.com Horses of the Year WINNERS

[Pasogirlz]

APF.com Horses of the Year Winners

Best Gelding
First Place: Obrizo Juan Sinsonte
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b110/vistalargo2000/ObrizoJuanSinsonteatGoethe.jpg

Second Place: El Indio Elegante
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/Indio015/ROSES.jpg

We had a tie for third between Vencedores Fierros
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/leahbrat/zvincenatl3.jpg
and Cocoa.
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e306/diswick/100_0885.jpg

These were all great geldings and really showed the versatility of the breed.

We also would like to give a special Youth award to El Indio Elegante. It takes one special horse to be girls best friend and I think Indio fits the bill. A girls horse should be the kind that will do whatever her heart desires that day, and Indio’s versatility allows him to do that.

Best Mare:
First Place: Zarzamora del Reino
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/23115HDB11Sml.jpg
Second Place: Mensajera D'Don Francisco
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/anark0xm0e/mensajera.jpg

Third Place: Prueba Indecisa Sin Par
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/leahbrat/prueba10.jpg

Lovely mares everyone. There are some lucky owners out there.

Best Stallion:
This was a tough one and very close in votes.
First Place: Excalibur's Embellazo
http://www.greatblazes.com/eport.jpg

Second Place: Emperador La Estrella
http://www.geocities.com/lynngallup/gracewoodfarm/images/emperador/2_2_05EmperadorNeck.jpg
Both of these fine stallions are great examples of the breed, and wonderful ambassadors.

We will be having ribbons made up for you guys! Congrats and thanks for participating.

[SandyMM]

Congrats to all the participants!

[motorgypsy]

Congratulations to all these great representatives of the breed!!

[paintedhorizon]

Yay Embellazo!!!!!! Yay Zar!!!!!!!

Congrats :lol: It was very difficult in every category. Everything was TIED!

Hopefully next year a lot more of you can join in to get your horse crowned :lol:

[Kerry W]

Yeah Obi, Zar and Embellazo!! It was a TOUGH GROUP! :shock:

All winners!! Congratulations everyone!! :D

[lalecl]

Congratulations to ALL the winners!!!!!!

[Barbwire]

This is such a great site, I just eat this stuff up!

Congratulations One and All!!

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[El Indio Elegante]

Yay!!!!! i actually just entered the contest just to be curious on if he would do anything or not. Shocking enough he got 2nd and thanks Lori for the youth thingy. Trust me i'm not done with him. Every year there will be more and more (especially with jumping)


CONGRATS TO ALL PPL'S AWESOME PASO FINOS!!!!!! I TELL PASOS ARE THE BEST BREED OUT THERE NO MATTER WUT EVERYONE SAYS!!!!!!!!

[baileyholc]

:razz: Congradulations to everyone. :yay

[ErinC]

Congrats!
NOW post the pictures that go with the horses!!!!!

know we have all seen them , but it just goes with out saying! a picture should go with the honors!

[Pasogirlz]

ok Erin, I put pix for you all to drool over. ;-)

[Blameitonbrio]

Congratulations to all!

[ErinC]

MUCH better!
thanks!
thats PERFECT!!!!! :smile:

yippieeee!!!!!
you all look so GOOD!

[Fuego]

Congrats to all awardees and their owners. Quite an honor to be recognized among so many other worthy horses. You have every right to be proud.

[appyday]

congrats to all...love that first place stallion..

[Mellifluous]

Yay! Way to go!

Give your winners a big hug for me!

[Brigitte]

Congratulations everyone!! All great horses !

[motorgypsy]

And for those of you who did not enter your paso finos - we know they are ALL winners too!!!

[stella]

I have to thank Kerry for getting the pics up for my Embellazo, one day I MIGHt become computer literate(maybe if I cut back on horses to have the TIME to LEARN!)
He was born on my farm, and Congrats and THANK YOU Carol U, for entering Zar, the winning mare, who was also born on my farm....so I am a double winner!
One thing about breeding, no matter who owns the horse, you're ALWAYS the breeder, its entire life....and that's the most important point of breeding and selling to others, to SPREAD THE JOY!
Congrats to all the other winners, too....when you recieve that joy from your horse, thats what makes you winners.

[sporthorse]

Obi says thank you very much for his award. And congratulations to all the other participants in all categories. He says to remind him next year when nomination time comes around again; he may have one or two to nominate by then!

[CarolU]

Thank you all!

I asked Zar what she thought about this honor when I fed tonight. Her answer was **snort**....which is horse for, "get out of my face and let me eat!" (what can I say, she's a mare!)

Thanks again...and thank you Stella for breeding such a pretty, pretty girl. She'll star in the Horse Expo here again next month (unless Bella has me busy). I'm SO looking forward to showing off some more! LOL

[Terry Wallace]

I had no knowledge of the contest..or I sure would have entered Embellazo's daughter...Caotica Estrella....SHOOT !! Maybe next time!

Congratulations to you all! As Nito would say....Woop Woop !!

[Pasogirlz]

I had no knowledge of the contest..or I sure would have entered Embellazo's daughter...Caotica Estrella....SHOOT !! Maybe next time!

Congratulations to you all! As Nito would say....Woop Woop !!

It was a sticky in the GCC for a long time. You must have missed it the first time it was posted. :confused

:lol: lol Terry!

Yes how did you miss it?!

Lori do you think we should post the 2006 contest for this year already?

[Pasogirlz]

Nito, perhaps we should post each catagory as a sticky in the contest corral. :D

Yes yes you should :D

[Monty]

Congratulations to everyone - and even my scruffy old boy is a winner ! :lol: At least to me -
One criteria for this year ----------------- ;-) ALL riders have the Paso grin :!:
Everyone looked like they were in pain - or mad - :roll:

[jan k]

Congratulations. Wonderful horses one and all.

[paso chikkaaaa.]

congradulations to everybody

[paintedhorizon]

Did the ribbons ever get made up on this?

[Pasogirlz]

There were going to be certificates....Nito was working on a long time ago...so I have no idea. He told me had them ready to go out at one time.

[paintedhorizon]

I was just curious b/c I know Stella never got anything for Embellazo.